Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A bill before the legislature of Quebec pro-
poses to place crueifxes in all the courts Of
law in order to make the oaths of witnesses
more binding.
The Paterson (New Jersey Labor Standard
has started ''John SWinton fund, ," and calls
for $25, 900. John Swinton has unselfshly
spent all his savings in trying to better the
condition of the workingmen.
The providing of school books by the State
does not work well in California. Boards of
supervisors are not inclined to furnish the
requisite money, and the books are consider
ed 'spoorly arranged, indiferently printed
and costly"
Since the Interstate law began to be not
enforced the advance in railroad rates east of
the Missouri river ranges from twenty to
forty per cent. and in only few instances
is the advance less than ten per cent. The
bulk of ''local business" supplied from New
York is required to pay from ten to fifteen
per cent. higher freight charges than here
tofore.
The standard age at which little New
Workers put on their stays is eight years,
said woman physician in busy practice.
"Call it Dame Fashion or call it Dame Folly,
the results are much the same in the long
run to me. Ask any dry goods dealer and
he will tell you that he never sold corsets for
babies SO young or women so old before. The
stay habit is spreading at both ends of life,
and directly or indirectly two-thirds of my
patients come to me through the dressmak-
er's thrall."
The Financial Chronicle gives some inter
esting figures as to the number and character
of new national banks formed since October
7, 1886, and up to March "a, 1887. Of these
there were so, of which A had a capital of
only $50. 200 each, while 90 had a capital
ranging from 100000 to 100000. Thus it
will be seen that in less than six months 80
new banks were formed in all parts of the
country and of these six-sevenths had capi-
tai of $1,000 or less and four-sevenths a
capital of only $4,000
Of the 321, ,514 immigrants landed at the
port of New YORK in 1886 Ireland furnished,
in round numbers, thirty-six thousand, Ger
many seventy-three thousand, England forty
six thousand, Italy twenty mine thousand,
Scotland twelve thousand and Norway and
Sweden twenty-five thousand, while Hungary
gave US eighteen thousand and Austria sent
us sixteen thousand. A small proportion
turned their steps toward the South. Penn
sylvania took forty-two thousand, South
Carolina one hundred. This year the immi-
grafton promises to be still larger.
The Supreme court of Massachusetts, is
considering the probate of will executed al
most eighty years ago, and of another sixty
five years ago. The existence of neither had
been known until the year 1884, when they
were discovered among some old papers in
the Office of lawyer at Lawrence. OF course
| the persons who made these wills died before
| most of those now living were born, and their
estates were settled long ago. But of the
property of which these wills purport to dis
pose Of a part remains in such condition that,
in the opinion of those who now represent
the. devisees, their rights under the will
may be made available.
Prohibition does not prohibit in Rhode Is
land. The Providence Journal says Of its